How To Make a Fixed Lever uPVC Door Handle

DIY Your Own Fixed Lever uPVC Door Handle
If you are looking for a fixed lever upvc door handle then the options are now few and far between. Fixed levers were in use quite a lot in the early days when certain multi-point locks required the key to turn the locks instead of lifting the handle. Nowadays a fixed lever upvc door handle can be found in communal blocks on entry doors employing code locks or similar. In effect they are used as pull handles.
There is however a way that you can alter your existing or new upvc door handles using a stub spindle.
Now that you can see how simple the stub spindle is then all you need to do is the following:
- measure the cavity on the inside of your existing upvc door handle backplate.
- check that there are no fixed obstructions like a upvc door handle spring
- measure your existing spindle is an 8mm cross-sectional size.
- check the size of the stub spindle plate will sit inside the backplate. Two sizes are available: 29 x 22mm and 45 x 23mm. Use the longest one if possible.
- cut down your main spindle to a size suitable to pass through the door and into the internal lever
Watch The Video below showing How The Stub Spindle Works
Useful Links:
- Buy a stub spindle
- Read replies to customer questions about replacement upvc door handles
- How to measure upvc door handles
- How To Replace upvc door handles using video